Mechanical singing bird.



No. 7I2,595. Y l Patented N oy. 4, |902.

' E. C. REUVTLINGVEB & R. SCHALLER.

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(Application md Mar. 3, 1902.) (Hummel.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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No. 712,595'. 4 Patented Nov. 4. |902.

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MECHANICAL SINGING BIRD.-

(Appueacionxed nu, s, 1902.) (No Model.) 2VSheets-Shept 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL C. REUTLIN GER AND` RICHARD SGHALLER, OF WEST HOBOKEN, NEW

i JERSEY.

4M ECHANICAL SlNGlNG BIRD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,595, dated November 4, 1902.

Application iiled March 3i 1902. Serial No. 96,360. (No model.)

.To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.- In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sec- Beit known that we, EMIL CARL REUTLIN- tion representing' our improvement. Fig. 2 GER, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, is'a plan of the same and section through the and RICHARD SCI-IALLER, a citizen of the standard of the bird mechanism,the parts of 55 5 United States of America, both residing atl the case being removed; and Fig. 3 is a hori- West Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and zoutal section centrally' of the blower andA State of New Jersey, have invented an Imwhistle device and illustrating the upper porprovement in Mechanical Singing Birds, of tions of the same. which the following is a specification. l The motor employed by us may be of any 6o Io Mechanical singing birds have heretofore desired character. Ve, however, prefer a been constructed and actuated by a motor,` spring-actuated motor and train of gears usuallya clock mechanism and a bellows, the similar `to a clock-movement, and for this movements of which were effected by the mopurpose have illustrated in the drawings such tor. From the bellows the. intermittentair adevice, in which 2 represents the spring and 6 5 15 pulsations were employed for `producingtlre 3 the spring-barrel. 4 5 are gears, 4 being sound, the variations in the sound-waves beupon the spring-barrel and 5 upon the shaft ing controlled by devices set in motion by the h, upon Awhich shaft is also a pinion G, meshmotor and usually comprising note and cam ingwith the gear 4, and a pinion 7 ou a shaft wheels for each pair of. bellowsand devices `8 `meshes with the gear 5. 7o zo simultaneously actuated for effecting move,- The blower-case a is of circular form in ments of the body of the bird. plan andpreferably with a rounded .periph- "'Our invention relates to similar mechauery in elevation, and the same is connected ism. y to a suitable base which' also forms the bot- The object of our invention is to dispense tom of the case for the motor. The blower l) 75 2,5 with the bellows device and the intermitcomprisesa series of blades mounted upon tent air pulsations, which produce discord arms projecting from a hub upon the blowerand irregularities in the musical tones. We shaft b', and said shaft is mounted in snitemploy a motorof any desired form, a meable bearings at its respective ends, one of chanical bird, a note-wheel, and mechanical said bearings being in the bottom of the 8o 3o devices actuated by the motor for effecting blower-case and the other in the free end of the movementsof the mechanical bird, and an angular arm secured to the blower-case. in combination therewith we employa blower Upon the blower-shaft b is a worm c, and a operated by the motor and to which a steady toothed wheel d is upon `the shaft 8 of the mocontinuous` movement is imparted by a tor mechanism, the spring 2 turning the 85 3 5 toothed wheel and wormactuated by themo`- spring-barrel and the gear 4 rotating the pintor, so that thereby the air-pressure is conlion 6, shaft h, gear 5, pinion 7, shaft 8, and tin nous and not intermittent. The air is toothed wheel d and by the said toothed wheel forced by the blower through devices formacting upon the worm c and rotating the ing a whistle, and apiston and piston-rod are blowenshaft'aud blower. 9o 4o employed and moved along in part of said de- Tangentially from one side of the blowervices by mechanism actuated" by the notecase is a tube e, in the-open end of which is wheel to vary thelength and rapidity of the fitted a tapering sleeve e'. An annular openair movements,`so`as to produce sounds simiing is formed in the free end of this sleeve by lar to the singing of a bird. The continuous means of a plug 9, slightly smaller in diame- 95 45 movement of air produced by the blower enter than the open end of Athe sleeve and seables us to successfully operate these devices l curely held in place by a bracket-arm faswith a single note-wheel. Hence the number tened to the sleeve. (See Fig. 3.) The plug of parts is reduced over and above similar is preferably tapering and largest at the eX- devices heretofore employed, the parts are posed end, and the air under pressure from :of 5o less liable to get out of order, and the device the bloweris forced past this plug and emerges is less expensive. from the annular opening around the same.

Axially in line with this sleeve'and the tube e is a tube-sectionf, the tube-section beingTv around the sleeve e' acts to hold the tube-'section f to the sleeve e' and in line therewith and provides a longitudinal'movement to effect the adjustability of the parts, and asthe ring e2 is separated a short distance from the tube-section the intervening space isijlled by a tapering tubular end f', secured to the tubesection f, the open end of thetubular end f being in close proximity to the annular opening in the sleeve e' and the internal diameter of said sleeve e and ofthe tubular end f substantially agreeing. l

I A piston g is within the tube-section f, and a piston-rod 10 extends therefrom, and at its end said rod 10 is connected to a rod 1G. The shaft h, carrying the pinion 6 and gear 5 at one end, passes through the side frame 11, and on the end of this shaft h is acam-wheel t' and note-wheel k. An arm Zis pivoted to the side frame 11 and is actuated bya spring 12, which presses a pin on the free end of said arm against the surface of the cam-wheel i. A post 13 is secured to the side frame 11, and upon the sleeve around said post is a pawltooth 14 and crank 15, which are preferably integral with said sleeve. The pawl-tooth 14 is connected to the aforesaid rod 16, and the point of the pawl-tooth bears upon the notewheel k, and a spring 17 is fastened to the base of the side frame 11, and its free end is formed as an eye surrounding the rod 16.y The tendency of the spring 17 is to keep the pawltooth 14 in contact with the note-wheel, and as the note-wheel k revolves the pawl-tooth vibrates as the result of the irregular surface or teeth of the note-wheel, and this action causes 'a longitudinal movement of the piston g in the tube-section f and a movement of air in the tube-section forward of the said piston, and the air emerging through the annular opening in the sleeve e', acting in connection with the movement of the piston g, produces a whistling sound of varying pitch, or, in other words, musical notes closely agreeing with the notes of a singing bird.

To the crank 15 is connected a rod 1S, and to the arm Zis connected a rod 19, these rods extending upward from their point-s of connection. A standard 2() upon the side frame 1l carries the bird body-plate m. The bird head-plate n is connected to a post 22, pivotally mounted in bracket-bearings on the forward portion of the bird body-plate. On one side of the plate m is pivoted a bell-crank lever 21, to which the rod 19 is connected at its upper end, and on the other side of the plate m is a pivoted arm 24', to which the upper end of the rod 18 is connected. This arm 24 extends beyond the body-plate m to reprel' sent the tail of the bird.

A link 23 is connected at one end to the bell-crank lever 21 and at its other end to an arm projecting from the post 22. A pivot-pin passes through the head-plate 7i, and on the respective ends of the same are the pivoted bill and "the'cra'nk 25, a' rod 26 being connected to the crank at one end and to the pivotal arm 24 at the other end. Y

We have illustrated in Fig. 1 part of a case 28,wliich may advantageously be employed to inclose the motor, the same having au opening for the standard 2O and the rods 18 and 19, the mechanical bird being above the case, and we have illustrated bars 27, which may form part of an inclosing cage for the bird in an eort to make the device as complete as possible.

inthe movement of the parts the arm l is actuatedby the cam-wheel t', and this arm is forced down `by the spring to keep its position against the cam-wheel, and as the said arm'rises and falls it actuates the rod 19, the bell-crank lever 2l, the link 23, turning the post 22 and swinging the head-plate n from side to side, thus imitating the head movements of a bird, it being a fact that the bodyplate 'm and the head-plate n are so made in a frame as to be covered with the skin and feathers of a bird, and in use the device has the appearance of a real bird.

With the swinging movement of the crank 15, which is produced by the movement of the pawl-tooth 14 by the note-wheel, the rod 18 is operated, and the same swings the arm 24, actuating the rod 26, and the pivoted bill and crank 25, said parts producing the eect of the bird opening its mouth and shaking its tail as the sounds are produced by the whistle device hereinbefore described, so that the mechanical bird in the swinging of the head, the opening of the mouth, and swinging ofthe tail has all the movements imparted thereto of a real bird while singing.

W'e claim as our invention- 1. In a mechanical singing bird, the combination with a motor device, and a mechanical bird, of a blower mechanism actuated by the motor, a whistle device operated by the continuous current of air from the blower, a note-wheel and cam-wheel actuated by the motor, devices operated by the cam-wheel and note-wheel for effecting movements of the mechanical bird, a pawl-tooth actuated by the note-wheel, a piston forming part of the whistle device and a spring-actuated connection between the pawl-tooth and the piston, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a mechanical singing bird,'the combination with a motor, a mechanicalbird mechanism, a device for producing a continnous current of air, a whistle or sound mechanism actuated thereby, and a cam on the note-wheel shaft, of a spring-actuated arm Z set in motion by the cam-wheel and a connection therefrom to the mechanical bird, apost on the frame of the mechanism, a sleeve upon said post, a pawl-tooth and crank integral with said sleeve, a connection from the crank to the mechanical bird, a spring for causing the pawl-tooth to bear upon the note-wheel,

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and a connection from the `pavvl-tooth to the whistle or son nd ing mechanism, substantially as set forth. y 3. In a mechanical singing bird, the con]-` bination witha motor, of a blower-case and a blower mechanism actuated by the motor and producing a continuous current `of air under pressure,a tube extending from the blower-case tangentially, a sleeve inthe` end `of said tube, a plug of smaller diameter inthe end of the sleeve and between which and the sleeve there is an annular opening, and devices in connection with theseparts and actuated by said motor, whereby a whistling sound of varying pitch, resembling the sing-` ing of a bird, is produced, substantially ae set forth.

4. In a mechanical singing bird, the c0|nbination with a motor, of a blower-case and" `a blower mechanism actuated by the motor` and producing a continuous current of air` under pressure, a tube extending from the blower-case tangentially, asleeve in the end of said tube, a plug of smaller diameter in the end of `the sleeve and between which `andfthesleeve there is anannular opening,a tube-section axially in line with `the sleeve, an extension of the tube-section sur` rounding the sleeve and connecting the parts, aftapering tubular end to the tube-section in proximity to the annular recess leaving aispace. between the said tubular end and said annular opening, the length of said space being adjustableby the connection between the tube-section and the sleeve, and a piston in the tube-section, substantially as setforth. Signed by us this lst day of March, 1902. i A EMIL `C. REUTLINGER.

. RICHARD SCHALLER. Witnesses: p

GEO. T.'P1NCKNEY, ARTHUR SERRELL. 

